diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/appetite.rst b/Doc/tutorial/appetite.rst
index 120955e0d10..b5e1a1606c1 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/appetite.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/appetite.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ application written in C and use it as an extension or command language for that
 application.
 
 By the way, the language is named after the BBC show "Monty Python's Flying
-Circus" and has nothing to do with nasty reptiles.  Making references to Monty
+Circus" and has nothing to do with reptiles.  Making references to Monty
 Python skits in documentation is not only allowed, it is encouraged!
 
 Now that you are all excited about Python, you'll want to examine it in some